Wilson Center Experts

Betty Dessants

The American Academic Community and United States-Soviet Union Relations: The Research and Analysis Branch and its Legacy, 1941 - 1949

Term:

Jul 01, 1993

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Aug 01, 1993

Project Summary

relationship between American universities, the federal government, and the origins of the Cold War during the period 1941-1949 focused on the Soviet Division of the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services during the period 1941-1945, and the Divisions legacy in the State Department, CIA, and American universities between 1946 and 1949 how the relationship between the federal government and universities influenced foreign policy and political decision-making with regard to the Soviet Union. university; federal government; academia; area studies